There’s an old cosmic law that speaks to a mystical principle worthy of contemplation: As above, so below.  This comes from an old idea that the physical world is a reflection of some ethereal realm, and it’s had a lot of traction through the ages.  The alchemists used it as one of their great principles when they were in pursuit of the great work, turning base matter into gold.  It’s also something that was internalized during the renaissance, where the idea also could be applied to a human being.  Where the interior of a person was a reflection of the exterior, the inner life being a mirror of the surroundings, and vice versa.  It’s an old notion, and one that we’ve inherited in the history of ideas, and may not even be conscious for most people.

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You’ll probably start to sense that you are indeed living the good life when you start spending evenings relaxing in your hot tub.  The exquisite feeling of the water and the jet massage will take you away from all the worries of the day, and you start to get a sense of perspective on things.  Here, the notion of reflection and inner life really does come into play.  A physical object as wonderful as this does truly suggest that you’ve arrived at the life you’ve always wanted.  The sense of equilibrium you have when you’re spending time coming to your senses in your backyard might be an enactment of a great cosmic principle, but it’s also pretty spectacular fun as well.

Stratford England is a market town in the southern area of the county of Warwickshire. Today the town has many thriving and prominent theatres though its greatest playwright existed three hundred years ago. This of course is William Shakespeare. He was born and raised in Stratford and is often referred to as the Bard of Avon, a direct association to the river on which the town lies. Due to its being the origin of one of, if not the greatest writer in the history of the English language, millions of tourists descend on its streets every year and fill the Stratford hotels to capacity.

Shakespeare was born in April of 1564 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. His father was John Shakespeare, a well known and successful glove maker and his mother was Mary Arden, of the prominent Arden family. The family was well respected in the community and his father served on the city council. There is strong evidence that Shakespeare’s early life involved an apprenticeship with his father and learned the trade of glove making. There are references in his works to various aspects of this field and the dynamics of leather working and its various properties.

It was while he was still in Stratford that he met, fell in love with and married Anne Hathaway. She would stay in this town and raise their children after Shakespeare had move on to London and began his career, first as an actor, and then as the leading playwright of the time. Shakespeare remained true to his family and provided all of their economic and financial needs. He was able to buy a large house for them to move into. The couple had three children, Judith, Hamnet and Susanna. Unfortunately Hamnet did not make it to adulthood and died when he was only eleven years old. There are many theories that suggest Shakespeare’s grief over the loss of his son was the topic of many of his sonnets and may have been connected to his choice of Hamlet as the name for one of his greatest tragic heroes.